Combined bust confiner and dress shield



Aug. 25, 1925. r 15515399 M. S. GEORGE COMBINED BUST CONFINER AND DRESSSHIELD Filed March 28, l925 Patented ug. l25, 1925'.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MA'UDE SINOLAIR GEORGE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

COMBINED BUST CONFINER AND DRESS SHIELD.

Application filed March 28, 1923. Serial No. 628,218.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, MAUDE SINCLAIR GEORGE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis and State ofMissouri, have invented a new and useful Comb-ined Bust Confiner andDress Shield, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garments and more particularly to ahorizontally closed brassire or bust-confiner lacking the usual garmentopenings or closures.

The garment is of the type to be put on over the head and shoulders ofthe wearer and is provided with means for contracting the body portionof the garment when'it is in proper position on the body of the wearer.

A further object is to provide a unitary garment structure comprising ashield and bust confiner with means for retaining the shield portionthereof in close and proper contact with the body of the wearer.

Further objects will be understood from the annexed specification anddrawing in which:

Figure 1 is a front perspective view of the garment on the body of thewearer.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the arm-pit dress shield portion ofthe garment.

Fig. 3 is a side and rear view of the garment.

The brassire or bust conliner A comprises a front portion 2, sideportions 3 and a and. a back portion 5. It will be particularly notedthat the body portion o-f said garment is co-ntinuous and closed in ahorizontal direction and lacks either a` front, back o-r side verticalbody openings and their closure means. The front position 2 has anupper* edge 6 positioned immediately above the busts of the wearer and alower edge 7 positioned about the wearers waist-line. The sides 3 and tof the garment underneath the arms of the wearer are provided at theirupper portions with a U-shaped cut-out portion for a purpose hereinafterset forth. The back portion 5 has a lower edge 8 positioned about thewearers waist-line and an upper edge 9 which upper edge is lower thanthe front upper edge 6 providing a back portion of less width than thefront portion of the garment.

The garment on each side is provided with arm-pit-shields B. Each shieldcomprises an inner flap section 11 and an outer flap section 12. Eachinner flap section 11 comprises preferably a double ply material havinga curved upper edge adapted to lit the armpits of the wearer and arounded lower edge adapted to conform to the U-shaped cut out portionand be positioned therein. Each outer flap section 12 comprisespreferably a double ply material having a curved upper edge adapted tofit the armpits of the wearer and a rounded lower edge.

The curved upper edgej of the inner flap section is secured or fastenedto the upper curved edge of its corresponding outer flap section as bystitching 13, the fastening means not only connects the sections to eachother to make a unitary arm-pit shield but forms a pronounced fold orcrease line. Each armpit-shield is provided with a shoulder strap 14,(preferably elastic,) having one end secured to the front of saidarmpitshield as at 15 and the other end secured to the back of saidarmpit-shield as at 16. It will be noted that the points of connectionof the shoulder straps are at and in a line with the fold or creaseline. Each outer flap section is provided with arm straps 17 (preferablyelastic) which keep said outer sections in contact with the arm of thewearer. The lower curved edge of the inner flap sections are fastened(preferably stitched) to the edge of the U-shaped cut out portions as at18 and preferably on the inner face of the garment. y

Extending completely around the lower edge of the garment and preferablyon the outer face thereof is an elastic tape 19 secured thereto in anywell known manner which allows the -elastic tape to expand and contract.Extending across the upper edge of the front of the garment andpreferably on the outer face thereof is an elastic tape or web 20 havingtwo ends. One end is secured to one inner flap section on the outer facethereof as at 21 and the other end secured to the other inner flapsection in like manner as at 22. Extending across the upper edge of theback section in the same manner as the elastic web 20 is an elastic webor tape 23 having two ends. These ends are secured to the inner flapsections as at 24 and 25 in the same manner as the ends of the tape 2Oonly that they are connected to the rear edges while the ends of thetape 2O are secured to the front edges thereof.

The material of which the body of the garment is made is shirred orgathered in a vertical direction horizontally of the garment allowing itto expand and contract with the elastic tapes when the garment is on thewearer7 being taken oi or being put on.

t will be particularly noted that neither the front, side nor back upperedge of the garment comes np su'liiciently high on the body as to be inalignment with the armpits ot the wearer but on the contrary they arepositioned a substantial distance below the same. However7 it will benoted that the fold or crease line oit each armpit shield is positioneda substantial distance above said upper edges and lit in and up next tothe armpits ot the wearer.

Having thus described the invention in the 'forni in which it is atpresent devised7 what is claimed as new and upon which Letters Patentare prayed, is:

A unitary garment comprising a bust conliner having a continuous bodyencircling portion adapted to cover the front, sides and back or thewearers body below the arms; armpit shields positioned in the sides otsaid encircling portion and lia-ving' vfolded arm-pit engaging portionsextending above the upper part of the encircling portion; elasticgathering means extending around the liront, sides' and back ot saidencircling portion at its lower part; an elastic gathering meansextending across the upper part ot the iront ot said encircling portionand having ends connected to said arm-pit shields; and an elasticgathering means eX- tending across the upper part o' the back ot saidencii'cliiig portion and having its ends connected to said arm-pitshields.

in testimony whereof l have hereunto set in v hand.

MAUfDE SINCLAIR GEORGE.

